It’s got electrolytes
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Bebopalouie@lemmy.ca 5 days ago
Hydration. Until 30 years ago, humans had no problem hydrating themselves when water was available. Note available. It’s called being thirsty. All of a sudden, you must hydrate, you must hydrate. Somehow, all the executives at all the big drink companies got together and said let’s just use the word hydration and hope for potluck on which product of ours they buy. Of course everyone jumped on the corporate bandwagon and they are now completely converted to this weird idea that humans don’t know how to hydrate when they need to so they can sell their sugar laden crap.
predefine2750@lemmy.ca 5 days ago
Bebopalouie@lemmy.ca 5 days ago
Yes, you can add many things to water to enhance. Electrolytes are not needed or necessary as history shows humans lived on water (which only has trace amounts of electrolytes of no consequence) just ducky.
predefine2750@lemmy.ca 5 days ago
It’s what plants crave (movie references btw)
BigDiction@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Once you get Hydroflask it makes me wonder how people ever survived a long journey, etc
Bebopalouie@lemmy.ca 5 days ago
They were called canteens back in the day.
BigDiction@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Yeah but them wagoners weren’t filling that thing 5x a day? Maybe, idk
Bebopalouie@lemmy.ca 5 days ago
They used animal skins. Easy peasy. I can tell you what they did not use, cheap aluminum tins with a brand name on them so you spend an extra $50 for the brand name.
A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 5 days ago
the problem is a sedentary lifestyle along with sugary/caffeinated beverages has lead to people consuming less water.
People working outdoors don’t need to be constantly reminded to hydrate.
its office workers and surburbanites who consume anything but water that need the reminder.
Bebopalouie@lemmy.ca 5 days ago
Whatever lifestyle one has the evolutionary urge of being thirsty does not go anywhere or be subsided. If so, please show me the medical research in regards to this.